Curtain-pole fixture.



PATENTED 001. 18, 1904.

' c. B. WILKINS. GURTAIN'POLE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED HA3. 9, 1903- UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CURTAINI-IQOLE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,448, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1903- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. WILKINs, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to. provide a I support for curtain-poles of the class that may be lowered for convenience in adjusting the,

curtain upon the pole in which the bracket supporting the pole is lowered and raised again and secured in place readily. This object is attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a window supplied with the curtain-pole fixture embodying my invention, the central part of the window and the pole] being broken 0E and the parts being brought together to economize space. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1, taken upon line 0 o, the lower end of the frame being broken 05. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the sliding rod and bracket supporting the pole in their lowered position. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the attachment used in connection with broad windows. Fig. 5'is asectional detail view taken upon line as xof Fig. 2.

Referring to the parts, to the stiles A A of the window-frame are secured guide bars or ways B, upon which are mounted sliding rods C C. Rods C C have at their upper ends brackets 0 0, in which pole D is held. Bars B have at their lower ends outwardly-projecting flanges b I), through which the sliding rods C C pass, and at their upper ends the sliding rods have clips 0 which embrace the guide-bars B. Each of the guide-bars B is supported at its center by a cylindrical collar '6 through which a screw 6 passes into frame A. Guide-bars B have secured to their lower ends spring-catches B 72 and sliding rods C C at their lower ends are bent into fingers c 0*, which enter catchesb b? when the fixture has been raised to its upper position to support it.

When it is desired to lower the curtain-pole for removing a curtain or for convenience in draping one, a person simply has to press Serial No.146,843. (Np tat- 1:-

lease fingers 0 0 therefrom, and the weight of the curtain and pole will cause the sliding rods C C toslide down upon their guide bars or ways B. After the curtain has been arranged as desired the support is raised to its position by grasping the handles 0 a of the sliding rods and exerting an upward pull on the same until the curtain rod has been brought to its proper position, when the fingers 0 0 will spring into engagement with the catches 6* b In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modification to be used upon windows where the stiles are at a distance apart such that a person cannot grasp the two handles 0 0 at one time for convenience in lowering and raising the curtain-fixture. In such a case I have secured to one of the sliding rods, C, a cord E, which passes upward over a pulley a, secured to the upper member A of the window-frame, passing thence over a second pulley c, secured upon the opposite side of the window-frame.

When it is desired to lower or raise the cur' tain-sfixture, a person has simply to grasp this cord E and sliding rod C after havlng disengaged fingers 0 c from the catches b b,

;jecting forward from the upper ends of the rods and adapted to support the opposite ends of the curtain-pole, clips at theupper ends of the rods embracing the guides, and clips at the lower ends of the guides embracing the rods 'and means for locking the rods in the raised position, and the pole. I

2. A curtain-pole fixture consisting of vertical guides secured to the side stiles of the window-frames, formed from flat strips having feet at the upper and lower ends for holding guide outward from the stiles, sliding 1 members consisting of flat strips upon the guides, clips for coupling the ends and the sliding members together, brackets projecting forward from the upper ends of the sliding members for supporting a curtain-rod, the rod, and means for locking the sliding members in the raised position.

3. In a curtain-pole fixture, guides secured to the opposite side stiles of the window frame, rods adapted to slide vertically on said guides, brackets carried by said rods, adapted to support the opposite ends of the curtainpole, the curtain-pole, clips secured to the upper ends of the rods embracing the guides, clips secured to the power ends of the guides embracing the rods, and spring-catches attached to the lower ends of the guides adapted W. F. MURRAY, A. MoCoRMAoK. 

